Weekend Box Office - May 14-16, 2010 |
Written by US Townhall staff
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Sunday, 16 May 2010 23:17 |
As we predicted last week, this summer's box office will prove to be an underperformer overall. When the actuals for last weekend were announced on Monday afternoon, Iron Man 2 took in $128,122,480 rather than the $133,600,000 that was estimated on Sunday afternoon – a $5.5 million dollar difference. Still an impressive debut, but far short of what was needed to overthrow The Dark Knight, which Paramount and Marvel Studios clearly wanted to do given the enormous amount of screens it was released on.
In its second weekend, the superhero film fell almost 60%, which is typical for a summer blockbuster where audience attendance is always front-loaded, but not desirable, and does not bode well for any sort of records being broken. In contrast, 2008's The Dark Knight fell only 52.5% in weekend 2, while the first Iron Man (also released in Summer 2008) fared even better percentagewise, dropping only 48% in its second weekend.
Once again, both DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon and Fox's Date Night held on extremely well, having the smallest declines among the top 12 films. It is likely that Dragon will surpass the final domestic take of last year's Monsters vs. Aliens by next weekend even after equating ticket prices. It would need to make about another $31 million to surpass the attendance of 2008's Kung Fu Panda, so this milestone is a little harder to predict at this point.
Next weekend's wide releases are Shrek: The Final Chapter (aka Shrek Forever After) and the Saturday Night Live sketch spinoff, MacGruber. This being relentlessly promoted as being the final Shrek movie (even the title has been changed to hammer home that point), we'd expect at least a $130 million opening weekend and for Shrek to take the box office crown when the summer movie season is over after Labor Day.
Here are the estimates for Domestic Box Office for the weekend May 14-16, 2010:
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Weekend Box Office - May 7-9, 2010 |
Written by US Townhall staff
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Sunday, 09 May 2010 16:12 |
The Summer Blockbuster Movie Season begins!
The results are in, and to no one's surprise, Iron Man 2 blasted its way straight to the top of the box office charts. This being Sunday afternoon, only estimated results are in thus far, but things break down as shown in the chart below.
Iron Man 2, featuring the armored superhero published by Marvel Comics, did outsell its predecessor even when factoring in the higher ticket prices of today. In 2008, Iron Man opened on May 2 with a weekend take of $98,618,668, which would be worth approximately $109.2 million today. Iron Man 2 beat that by almost $25 million. Not surprising given the goodwill generated by the first film and by star Robert Downey Jr.'s return to Hollywood stardom. Additionally, the news was great overseas as the film, which opened in late April around the world, has already grossed about an additional $200 million from foreign markets.
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Movie News: Ryan Reynolds cast as Green Lantern |
Written by Scott Katz
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Thursday, 16 July 2009 23:05 |
On July 11, 2009, it was announced that actor Ryan Reynolds, who is now starring opposite Sandra Bullock in the film The Proposal, would become the latest actor to headline a comic book superhero movie franchise. Set for release on June 17, 2011 is a $150 million epic based on the long-running comic book character, Green Lantern. This film will be distributed by Warner Bros. and will be written by Greg Berlanti, Mark Guggenheim, and Michael Green. Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale) is currently slated to direct.
Don't be embarassed if you've never heard of Green Lantern because, outside of comic books, the character has made scant few appearances in other media. So, just who is "Green Lantern," anyway? With the kind of cash that Warners is laying on the line, it's a sure bet that they hope a lot of people care. To help you out, what follows is a brief overview of the character who has enjoyed a 50 year career in comics.
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